MARCH 1976
Hank Holbrook, 7211 Chestnut St., Chevy Chase, MD 20015 QSLed, GMT
11-1: 2203, N33WH 119.7 nr Lee Arpt,Annap.(William Heck Constr.Co.;
Piper Navajo, 2-engine, 8-seat)
10: 1736, N3950T 119.7 vic Bal.(Dalton Avi.;Piper PA-28R,1-e,4-s)
16: 1652, N7630J 119.7 ov Wye Mills,MD(Air Assoc.;PA-28R, 3 watts)
28: 2218, N54374 119.7 15 mi se Bal.(Showalter Flying Service,Inc.;
Piper PA-32 Cherokee, 1-engine, 6-seat)
2222, N17048 119.7 2 mi n Annap.(Reid Airways,Inc.;Cessna 150L)
Ken Simon, 528 Pilgrim Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33405 EST, * QSLed
Lafayette HA-520, Indoor whip
1-11: 1752, - 35.58 Scranton, PA (pager)
12: 1716, - 161 / WMAO (traffic report)
17: 0744, KTR 746 45.56 Palm Beach County (perhaps 45.60)
- at Andytown (Jct SR84/US27) yusing Ray Jeff 6140
1246, KHB 34 162.55 Miami (NOAA weather)
KEO 363 155.280 Miami (Dade County Med. Association) *
WR4AIS, an amateur 2-meter repeater, has been noted several times with
the receiver image response around 168 MHz.
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Now, my loggings. Allied A-2586, Hallicrafters SX-62, Hammarlund SP-
600-JX10 (with ICM BAX-1 tuned preamp); 30' long wires at 12' ne-sw and
nw-se runs; F2 mode unless noted (bs-backscatter) with daily peak noted
GMT used
1-11: 1635, 31/ US 2-2: 1857, KQC 877 (Es) 6: 2045, 32.96
1850, KFL 936 (Es) 1941, KGA 805 (Es) 7: 2100, 32.96
1907, KOE 257 (Es) 2040, 35.22 8: 2015, 35.22
18: 1842, KQC 884 (Es) 3: 2035, 32.96 9: 1949, KSC 645 (Es)
21: 1917, 32.000 4: 1935, 35.28 2102, KIF 651 (Es)
22: 1845, 32.000 35.62 bs 2129, KIM 905 (Es)
31: 1518, 32.000 5: 1925, 32.96 10: 1955, 32.96
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KFL 936 35.58 (west) KOE 257 35.22 Phoenix, AZ
KGA 805 35.22 Pittsburgh, PA KQC 884 35.58 Detroit, MI
KIF 651 35.58 Ft Lauderdale, FL KQC 877 35.58 Cincinnati, OH
KIM 905 35.22 Charlotte, NC * KSC 645 35.58 Chicago, IL
all are tone pagers with tone ID's except * which has voice ID
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Solar flux/A-Index for January 1976
1: 75/3; 2: 74/13; 3: 74/9; 4: 74/8; 5: 74/8; 6: 74/7; 7: 74/6; 8: 73/4;
9: 72/3; 10: 73/3; 11: 75/20; 12: 80/14; 13: 83/10; 14: 86/8; 15: 83/5;
16: 81/6; 17: 79/9; 18: 79/8; 19: 78/7; 20: 77/9; 21: 74/21; 22: 73/17;
23: 72/5; 24: 71/5; 25: 70/10; 26: 70/4; 27: 69/4; 28: 29/4; 29: 70/7;
30: 71/7 31: 71/21
avg: 74.8
As can be seen from this, the solar flux is maintaining a generally
very low level. There is still some dispute as to when the solar low
will occur (or did occur). The next 6 months should be critical in
determining if the upswing of Cycle 21 is upon us yet.
73, 
WA5IYX